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Access after section 8/abandonment

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16th January 2019, 7 years ago | 16

Hi, My tenant stopped paying rent and didn’t respond when I chased this. I served both a s8 notice and...

HS2 Compulsory Purchase – Have you received your payment?

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16th January 2019, 7 years ago | 8

As most of you may know, HS2 has compulsory purchased many properties in London and the surrounding areas in which...

Is Class 4 NIC due on a UK property tax return?

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15th January 2019, 7 years ago | 15

Completing a self assessment tax return for filing this January with only the UK Property page, no employment, no self...

Only £100 compensation offered by Redress scheme?

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15th January 2019, 7 years ago | 8

I have let my flat via a London letting agent. They produced a very good Reference Report on a tenant...

My life is finite – Fergus Wilson

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14th January 2019, 7 years ago | 4

What has become clear is tenants, Councils, and Journalists expect Landlords to live forever! The reality is that they get...

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Letting Agent liquidation – Questions about the tenants deposits?

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14th January 2019, 7 years ago | 7

I’m a hands off landlord that has been using the same letting agent for 11 years. On Friday I was...

VAT on Service Charges?

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14th January 2019, 7 years ago | 3

I first heard about this on BBC Moneybox. It inferred that service charges for leaseholders (and many landlords) will be...

Should previous bankruptcy notice have been removed from property?

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14th January 2019, 7 years ago | 3

I bought a house with my now ex-partner in 2008 and I am now in the process of remortgaging in...

Immediately sell a new build house?

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11th January 2019, 7 years ago | 3

Hi, New here, so apologies if I’m asking an obvious question (though you don’t know, what you don’t know!) I’m...

What is meant by bi-party Lease?

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10th January 2019, 7 years ago | 2

I am a landlord of one flat in a converted house of 4. There is a management company for the...

Terrible time with council tenant and shock at how law treats landlords

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9th January 2019, 7 years ago | 40

I recently bought a property and wanted to rent it a 6 months on short term assured tenancy. I have...

Fire Inspection – Upgrades required again?

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9th January 2019, 7 years ago | 6

I have four flats above a retail shop on two floors. The property was built in about 1900 and the...

Manufactured Housing by L&G?

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8th January 2019, 7 years ago | 7

Hi, has anyone bought or viewed one of the prefabricated houses being built in a factory by Legal and General?...

Proprietorship Register

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8th January 2019, 7 years ago | 3

I’ve recently came across a a land registry title with something I’ve never seen before: It states under Section B...

When does completed mean completed?

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8th January 2019, 7 years ago | 17

I bought an off-plan, new-build apartment in the Adelphi Wharf (Fortis) development in Salford back in 2015 and after a...

Tenant not giving keys back and gone AWOL at inspection?

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7th January 2019, 7 years ago | 6

I provided my tenant with a Form 6A / Section 21(1) form in October with the agreed date of 3rd...

Tenant can’t pay rent and advised to stay by Housing Association!

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7th January 2019, 7 years ago | 14

I have a friend who rented out a house to 2 girls, one girl is working earning 4 times the...

Open ended tenancies and on the hook for start dates?

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3rd January 2019, 7 years ago | 26

As Scotland is leading the way in bringing more uncertainty to an uncertain future for the PRS I am faced...

SDLT and CGT potential faux pas?

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3rd January 2019, 7 years ago | 8

Hi everyone, Thank you for adding me into this community. I really hope to be able to contribute going forward....

Restriction on investment property preventing remortgage

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2nd January 2019, 7 years ago | 6

I have an investment property where just I am named on the title deed and we have a Declaration of...

Suspicious Activities – How do I inspect?

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2nd January 2019, 7 years ago | 10

I am a landlord and I have suspicions over the activities of a tenant. I don’t think he wants me...